Marine Civils

M&CCE exhibitor Arch Henderson has filled us in on its key parts in the long-running £350 million Aberdeen Harbour expansion project.

Associated British Ports is to open a new next-generation-ready and open access cruise terminal for the 2021 cruise season in Southampton.

An international consortium, brought together by welsh innovation group DST, is planning to place Wales at the forefront of technical innovation and green energy.

Associated British Ports (ABP) has completed the installation of new lock gates at the Wet Dock entrance at the Port of Ipswich.

The Southsea Coastal Scheme on the UK’s south coast is a large £100M sea defence project to protect 4.5km of coastline, but ongoing repairs to existing defences could not wait.

Cowes Harbour Commission (Isle of Wight, UK) is looking at redeveloping its Kingston Wharf in East Cowes as a marine focused industrial estate.

Plans to make the South Quay site at Teesside the UK’s premier offshore wind assembly location have been unveiled, writes Dag Pike.

On behalf of its client Boskalis, subsea technology company Seatools has completed the development, manufacturing and testing of a plough position monitoring buoy.

The Port of Gdynia Authority in Poland has formally launched a tender to select a private partner for the construction of the outer port.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has been carrying out trials with water injection dredging at a site in the extensive port with a view to reducing both costs and environmental impacts.

A floating wind specialist and a slipforming technology firm have partnered to optimise serial production of concrete floaters.

Belgian heavy lift major Sarens is in the process of switching to biodegradable oil for all its ballasting systems on its barges.

Rijkswaterstaat has awarded Van Oord the contract to design and carry out the removal of silt from the Averijhaven depot in IJmuiden.

On the UK south coast, sections of Southseas original promenade dating back to Edwardian times have been found during ground investigation works undertaken as part of the Southsea Coastal Scheme.

Staffordshire, UK-based specialist shipping company Robert Wynn and Sons Ltd. have successfully beached their unique heavy lift ro/ro barge Terra Marique on Traeth y Graig Ddu (Black Rock Sands) in North West…

Associated British Ports has announced the commencement of construction work to repair Swansea West Pier, which plays an important part in preventing coastal erosion in the City of Swansea.

A 100t crane has been successfully placed on a 17-piece ravestein pontoon at the ‘Unlocking the Severn’ project at Holt Weir, along the River Severn in Worcestershire, UK.

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) has completed the extensive overhaul and modernisation of a giant reserve lock gate from the nearby Kaiserschleuse, reports Tom Todd.